Nov 4, 2011

Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story

The Danger of a Single Story

Happiness and a single story.
I hope you enjoy this talk as much as I did

3 comments:

  1. a very nice one, I think we all enjoyed it at class this morning. It does remind me of something I heard or read don't remember where, and it said "tell one lie a thousand times and it will become truth" ... there is always more than just a single story for anything in life.
    C u all later

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  2. I agree with you,Julen,when you say that a lie told a thousand of times will became true.People who suffer from low self-esteem might be an example of that.

    I had a professor who warned us about the danger of labelling people..because when we act in that way,we´re limiting them( a single story).

    After two years,I´ve enjoyed to listen to her again.
    Thanks for this talk,Amaia.

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  3. Once upon a time there was an antique mirror as old as time.
    It was a magic mirror,and was known as "The Great Truth".People from everywhere came to consult it,not only philosophers,magistraters or clergy,but also farmers,poets or globetrotters.

    But one day,a freethinker asked the mirror the following question: "Where is God?",the answer was:"Just here,inside and outside me".
    The freethinker furiously picked a stone up and threw it against the mirror breaking it into tiny pieces.Inmediately,a restless wind distributed them among The Continents.

    Since then,it´s very common to see freethinkers trying to gather the small pieces of the mirror to rebuilt the truth(...you don´t get it with a single one).

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